3-cell killer cage summing to 23
Single combination — fully locked1 combination.
- Always present
- 689
- Never present
- 123457
Valid digit combinations
- 689
How to use this in play
A 3-cell killer cage of 23 is fully locked: the only way to make 23 from 3 distinct digits is {6, 8, 9}. Whatever order they sit in, those digits are the cage's contents — every one of them eliminates from every cell of the cage's row, column, and box that lies outside the cage.
Locked digits: 6, 8, 9. Whichever combination is in play, these digits sit somewhere inside the cage — meaning the cage's shared row, column, and box can't have any of them anywhere outside the cage.